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Word: faciebat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...policeman recovered the instrument from a pawnshop where it was reposing as guarantee for $1.75. At the station house a man familiar with violins looked closely at the ancient " box." He was vastly interested. He had a violin maker open the instrument. Inside was the label-" Antonius Stradivarius, Cremonensis, faciebat anno 1723." Experts said that the "Strad" was genuine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Blind Man's Strad | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

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